How To Put Tar Paper On A Shed Roof

Staple it to the plywood with a staple gun placing the staples at 6 to 8 inch intervals along the edges and in the middle of the paper.

How to put tar paper on a shed roof.

Roll out the tar paper along the bottom edge of the roof. Cut it to fit your roof if. The most common size width for rolls of roofing paper is 36 inches. It is commonly called 15lb paper.

Begin your first row of tar paper with the bottom of the tar paper slightly hanging over the edge of the roof. Unroll the paper on the roof and cut it to the correct length with a utility knife. Mark the same at the other end of the roll. Lay the first course of tar paper lengthwise on the roof so one edge is covering the drip edge nailed to the roof.

Secure the paper in place with plastic capped roofing nails every 12 with the exception of doing the top edge. Unroll your felt onto a flat surface. Scratch a line between the two marks to create a vertical guide for your cut. All drip edges along roof eaves valley liners and flashing need to be installed before the roof paper layer is laid down.